Opinion: Can We Afford Not to Go to Geneva 2?
The Syrian Observer
October 31, 2013
More fighting in Syria means more victories for the Syrian regime and ISIS and its partners in the North
More fighting in Syria means more victories for the Syrian regime and ISIS and its partners in the North
Veteran dissident argues America’s interests are served in perpetuating the crisis
The Koreans are the latest foreigners found to be assisting the Syrian regime
A two-day conference of Syrian and Iranian intellectuals was held in Damascus
The Iranian Minister of Culture met with Syria’s ambassador to Tehran on Monday
Both organizations, whose mentality and actions are similar, grew and developed through different conflicts and confrontations
Feltman tells Raghida Dergham not holding the Geneva 2 conference means that Assad will be running in the next presidential election
Those who want to go to Geneva are linking the conference’s fate to the position that will be adopted by the United States, as though they were wishful to test this position once again
No detainees have been received by the Turkish authorities from the Assad regime, as was agreed with the mediators
Walid al-Bunni, the former Spokesman for the National Coalition, asks if it is still possible to talk about a revolution of a people against a tyrant as it was in its first year
Save us from death. Save us from the hell of Assad’s killing machine
The worst case scenario overcome by the regime is that it is no longer required to account for its use of WMDs against civilians through a clear and blatant violation of all international laws and human and ethical considerations
More political pressure must be placed on the regime to permit the delivery of necessary humanitarian relief
Germany’s German Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs stressed that extremist groups’ acts should be confronted
The existence of those Takfirists among Bashar’s enemies is something that does a great favor and pleases Bashar himself
What is suspicious about the story of the rise of hardline extremist groups is that they do not target the Assad regime
Erdogan has never uttered a single truthful word since the crisis in Syria began: Assad
The opposition says it will not negotiate unless President Bashar al-Assad leaves office
Senior advisor to the Iranian Parliament Speaker, Hossein Sheikholeslam says a ceasefire must be implemented
If we confine our choices to leaders with broad appeal in the Arab and Islamist mainstream — excluding both al-Qaida and Kurdish leaders — we get the following five, listed in order
